Sharenet Sites 
Sharenet Sites
Changes to the board
BARCLAYS AFRICA GROUP LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1986/003934/06)
ISIN: ZAE000174124
JSE share code: BGA
(Barclays Africa Group, the Group or the Company)
CHANGES TO THE BOARD
Shareholders are advised that Mr Francis Okomo-Okello and Mr Alex Darko have been appointed as
independent non-executive directors to the Board of Barclays Africa Group with effect from 1 October 2014.
Francis is the current chairman of Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited. He holds an LLB Honours degree from
the University of Dar-es-Salaam and is an Albert Parvin fellow of Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs, Princeton University, and a fellow of The Kenya Institute of Bankers. He serves as
chairman of TPS Eastern Africa Limited (Serena Group of Hotels and Lodges), and as a non-executive
director of the Nation Media Group. Currently, Francis is the Executive Director in charge of Legal and
Corporate Affairs at Industrial Promotion Services Group of Companies, an affiliate of the Aga Khan Fund
for Economic Development. He also serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the Strathmore Business
School, Strathmore University, Nairobi and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Aga Khan
University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences – East Africa.
Alex is a seasoned executive with over 30 years international management experience. He holds an MSc
in management information systems (MIS) and is a fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified
Accountants. He held senior positions in finance, re-engineering, change management and IT in Europe,
the USA and Africa, in areas such as business information, publishing, mining and the public sector. Alex
was Vice President, Knowledge and Information (Chief Information Officer) at AngloGold Ashanti Limited
(from 2005 to 2010), responsible for the group’s Information Systems and Telecommunications function.
Alex also serves on the boards of Business Connexion Limited, Consolidated Infrastructure Group Limited
and Mazor Group Limited.
Shareholders are further advised that Brand Pretorius will step down from the Board on 31 October 2014.
Brand has been a director since 2009, serving as chairman of the Group Remuneration and Human
Resources Committee (GRHRC) and as a member of the Directors’ Affairs Committee and the Social and
Ethics Committee. Mohamed Husain will succeed Brand as chairman of the GRHRC.
Group Chairman, Wendy Lucas-Bull, said: “In line with our previously stated intention to appoint two
additional Board members to reflect the Pan-African nature of the Group, it gives me great pleasure to
welcome Francis and Alex to our Board. They bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise and we look
forward to their contributions. I also wish to thank Brand for his dedication, insight and wisdom during his
tenure on the Board. Brand has decided to dedicate more time to both his community work and his family.
He has made a significant contribution to both Absa and Barclays Africa Group and we shall miss his
counsel when he leaves us at the end of October.”
Johannesburg
29 September 2014
Page 1 of 2
Enquiries:
Nadine Drutman (Group Company Secretary)
Nadine.Drutman@barclaysafrica.com
Tel: 011 350 5347
Media enquiries:
Byron Kennedy (Group Media Relations)
Byron.Kennedy@absa.co.za
Tel: 011 846 5221
Mobile: 082 453 2066
Independent lead sponsor to Barclays Africa Group:
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited
Joint sponsor to Barclays Africa Group:
Corporate and Investment Banking, a division of Absa Bank Limited
Page 2 of 2
Date: 29/09/2014 04:39:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE').
The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of
the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct,
indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on,
information disseminated through SENS.
